Genetic variation and the evolution of epigenetic regulation

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 673-683

  Furrow, Robert E ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapatation; Epigenetic inheritance; Epigenetics; Genetic variation; Variable environments

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADAPATATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTS;

ADAPATATION; EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; VARIABLE ENVIRONMENTS;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOIDY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84896704513     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12225     Document Type: Article

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